BitTorrent Acquires µTorrent

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BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent, a small BitTorrent client, for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Thursday.

BitTorrent, which has attempted to attract mainstream support from movie studios, will integrate its “patented content delivery innovations” into the µTorrent client “in a manner that will remain seamless to the community of users,” BitTorrent said in a statement.

For its part, the streamlined µTorrent client’s “high-performance design and compelling user interface” will be incorporated into the BitTorrent official client, especially in embedded clients and mobile systems, the company said.

“BitTorrent recognizes µTorrent’s exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community,” said Bram Cohen, chief executive and co-founder of BitTorrent, in a statement. “Ludvig Strigeus, the developer of µTorrent, clearly put a significant amount of time into optimizing the client, which has already been widely adopted by the BitTorrent community as a safe and efficient implementation of the BitTorrent protocol.”

“By teaming with BitTorrent, we will benefit from a truly global reach and technology leadership to deliver the best experience for our users,” said Ludvig Strigeus, developer of µTorrent, in a statement. “Combining µTorrent with the important developments BitTorrent, Inc. already has underway will allow us to forge a business model and enjoy an even larger user base than we currently enjoy as separate entities.”

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